Stories of food, life, and love.

Thanksgiving Roundup

How was your Thanksgiving? Mine was great. I saw a lot of family and I hung out and read and relaxed. Oh and of course I cooked and baked (and ate, and ate).

What I love best about holidays (and cooking, and life in general) are the quiet, simple moments that surround the chaos, the chatter, the movement. I love the small things that frame the main event. These are the times when I can look around, inhale, exhale, and savor. I find that these small things we might overlook end up being the very memories we depend on later in times of trouble and stress.

Here is what I was grateful for throughout the holiday weekend (and continue to cherish everyday).

Cutting garlic into thin slices to brown up for green beans.

The moment right before my apple crostata went into the oven. Acknowledging the hours and hours that stretched before me, charged with anticipation of the first taste.

Nothing is more beautiful than cooking in my mother’s kitchen, the kitchen that nourished me body and soul as I grew, the kitchen in which I learned to love food and lovely act of making it.

P.S. Are you interested in the apple crostata? A Martha Stewart recipe of course! Not as difficult as it may look, the crust has cheddar cheese in it which creates a divine contrast to the sweet apples. Check it out, let me know what you think.